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Seedlings 



E. oleosa. 



E. transcontinentalis. 



E. longicornis. 



Shortly petiolate or sessile, 



Glaucous, shortly pstiolate, 



Heath (Erica)-like leaves 





not long, lanceolate or 



long, Oleander-like leaves 



preponderate. 





narrow-lanceolate leaves 



preponderate. Second 







preponderate. Heath-like 



growth leaves may display 







(longicornis) leaves not rare. 



considerable resemblance 







The leaves of E. oleosa are 



to those of E. oleosa. 







intermediate between those 









of E. longicornis and E. 









transcontinentaMs. 







Sucker leaves 



Narrow to broad oblong- 



In the typical form (fig. 8a, 



Lanceolate to broadly- 





lanceolate ; also broad- 



Plate 66) the juvenile 



lanceolate or oblong, the 





lanceolate, from nearly 



leaves are sessile, but as 



intramarginal vein very 





sessile to distinctly petio- 



growth proceeds they be- 



much removed from the 





late; glaucous. 



come pstiolate. The dif- 



edge; sessile or nearly 







ferences in shape may be 



so. 







considerable, varying, with 









all degrees of transition, 









from the broad lanceolate 









of the type to lanceolate 









and even ovate. In- 









deed the collection of 









sucker-leaves is often best 



- 







the work of the skilled 









collector. 





Mature leaves 



Lustrous, sometimes narrow 



Glaucous or dull, and rather 



Lustrous, often thin and 





and short. 



coarse. 



long. 



Flower buds ... 



Opercula " conical-hemi- 



Operculum elongated, about 



With long pedicels and 





spherical, somewhat obtuse. 



twice as long as the calyx- 



peduncles, the operculum 





about the same length as 



tube, somewhat constrict- 



acute, more than twice as 





the calyx-tube." Fila- 



ed, particularly on drying. 



long as the calyx-tube, 





ments " pile." 



Operculum often of greater 



and continuous with it. 







diameter than the calyx- 



Operculum often of less 







tube. Buds larger than 



diameter than the calyx- 







those of the other species. 



tube. Filaments cream- 







Filaments sulphur-yellow. 



coloured. 



Fruits 



A good deal of similarity in 



The largest fruits, and most 



More pear-shaped than the 





the three species. Those 



urceolate; glaucous. 



others. 





of E. oleosa the smallest. 









All vary from pear-shaped 









to subglobose and slightly 









urceolate. 







Size 



A shrub. 



Medium-sized tree, but some- 



Very large tree. 







times a shrub. 



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